Samira Wiley poses on stage following the 70th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Samira Wiley, presenter and nominee for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for "The Handmaid's Tale," checks messages on her phone following the 70th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Samira Wiley, presenter and nominee for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for "The Handmaid's Tale," participates in an interview following the 70th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the nominations for the 70th annual Emmy Awards, which are being announced Thursday by in Los Angeles (all times local):

11:30 a.m.

Samira Wiley says she had no idea she would find out she was nominated for an Emmy Award while presenting the nominations Thursday morning.

Wiley says her category, best guest actress in a drama series, wasn't on the list of categories she and actor Ryan Eggold were to read. Television Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington surprised Wiley with the news during the presentation.

Wiley says she didn't think she was going to have to process whether she was nominated at all in public. The actress' nomination is one of 20 that "The Handmaid's Tale" earned Thursday.

After the presentation, Wiley moved straight to interviews, so she hadn't yet had a chance to join a group text chain with her co-stars. She says the show's bounty of nominations, up from 13 last year, feels like a "real graduation."

After a whirlwind morning, Wiley says she wants to take some time for herself to process the nomination, her second.

Wiley says, "I'm going to take a moment today ... to have a moment by myself and just reflect and think and be thankful."

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11 a.m.

Globe-trotting food chronicler Anthony Bourdain has received several posthumous Emmy nominations on Thursday.

Bourdain's CNN series, "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," got six nods, including two personally for Bourdain as executive producer, host and writer. A seventh nod went to his "Explore Parts Unknown" on cnn.com.

Bourdain took his life in early June in eastern France, where he was working on an episode of his show. He was 61.

Also a celebrated author, Bourdain was known for using culinary traditions as a storytelling tool to explore cultures around the globe.

He won Emmy Awards from 2013 through 2016 for outstanding informational series or special for "Parts Unknown."

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10:20 a.m.

Bill Hader says he was excited but exhausted when he heard the news Thursday morning that he was nominated for best lead actor in a comedy series for HBO's "Barry."

It wasn't the only Emmys love for Hader, who on Thursday also received nominations for his writing and directing on the series, and for returning as guest host on his old show "Saturday Night Live."

Hader is in Toronto shooting "It 2" and says there's no time to pop open champagne or party with his colleagues. He spoke to The Associated Press while eating breakfast before getting picked up for an all-night shoot on the horror sequel.

He says the nominations for "Barry" feel especially good, since it's the show's first season and that he's pleased for co-star Henry Winkler, who received a supporting actor nomination.

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9:45 a.m.

Sandra Oh has made Emmys history by becoming the first nominee of Asian descent in the leading actress in a drama series.

Oh was nominated Thursday for her role in the BBC America series "Killing Eve" as a spy hunting a female assassin.

A study of the 2015-16 season released last year concluded that characters of Asian or Pacific Islander descent remain underrepresented on television, even on shows set in major cities.

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9:20 a.m.

Music stars in competition for Emmys this year include John Legend, Bruno Mars and Sara Bareilles.

Legend and Bareilles each earned acting nods for their roles in NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert." Mars earned a nomination for outstanding music direction for his first TV special, CBS' "Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo."

Legend, who has won several Grammys as well as an Oscar and a Tony, could become an EGOT if he takes home outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie.

The term EGOT refers to someone who has won one of all the major awards: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are also on their way to EGOT status: The composing duo earned a nomination for outstanding original music and lyrics for "In the Market for a Miracle" from Fox's "A Christmas Story Live!"

Actors Samira Wiley of "The Handmaid's Tale" and Ryan Eggold, who starred in "The Blacklist," will read this year's nominees beginning at 8:25 a.m. PDT. About an hour before the nominations, Wiley, wearing a burgundy dress and gold heels, stepped out into the lobby of the television academy and snapped photos in front of a giant screen promoting the 70th annual Emmys.

Dozens of journalists have cameras set up to record the announcement, which will be made on a giant stage decked out with four giant Emmy statuettes.

Wiley is a possible nominee for "Handmaid's Tale," which won best drama series last year.

The Emmy Awards will be presented Sept. 17 on NBC with Colin Jost and Michael Che of "Saturday Night Live" as hosts.

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3 a.m.

Blockbuster movies typically are snubbed by the Oscars, leaving fans grumbling, but TV's top prize takes a different approach.

When the 70th Emmy Awards nominees are announced Thursday morning, popular series including HBO's "Game of Thrones," NBC's "This Is Us" and CBS' "Mom" are likely to be in the running.

"Game of Thrones" is a two-time best drama series winner. It's back in the running for honors for its next-to-last season after a production delay kept it out of the 2017 competition.

Its biggest adversary is "The Handmaid's Tale," the dystopian drama that captured last year's top series prize and acting awards for Elisabeth Moss, Ann Dowd and Alexis Bledel among its eight wins.